TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Analysis of neck injuries in hanging
JO  - American journal of forensic medicine and pathology
A1  - Nikolic, Slobodan
A1  - Micic, Jelena
A1  - Atanasijević, Tatjana C.
A1  - Djokic, Vesna
A1  - Djonic, Danijela
SP  - 179
EP  - 182
VL  - 24
IS  - 2
N2  - Retrospective study of suicidal hangings was made on 175 cases (133 male victims, 42 female victims) for a 5-year period. The mean age was 47.33 +/- 17.51 years. The sample was divided in 4 groups according to the position of the ligature knot (anterior, right, left, and posterior hanging). The authors analyzed all visible injuries of soft tissues and bones and cartilage of the neck, and in 150 cases (85.7%), we established that there was at least one injury of these structures (hematoma or fracture for example). The most frequent injury was to sternocleidomastoid muscles. Fracture of throat skeleton was detected in 119 cases (68%). The proportion of fractures increases with age of the deceased. There was no clear correlation between frequency of neck injuries and type of hanging.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0195-7910
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.PAF.0681069550.31660.f5
ID  - ref1
ER  -